Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.51622021 1960
3.52650771 1961
3.53467029 1962
3.53026163 1963
3.49776058 1964
3.45849997 1965
3.42818389 1966
3.40288657 1967
3.37875542 1968
3.355435 1969
3.33197715 1970
3.3210545 1971
3.31646993 1972
3.30967232 1973
3.30656049 1974
3.28359765 1975
3.23826738 1976
3.19984603 1977
3.1813067 1978
3.17348949 1979
3.16323388 1980
3.15225834 1981
3.14543621 1982
3.14360276 1983
3.14870884 1984
3.16089831 1985
3.17102985 1986
3.17895417 1987
3.19308533 1988
3.2108599 1989
3.22353275 1990
3.23666326 1991
3.32335533 1992
3.46694332 1993
3.57485748 1994
3.58023349 1995
3.50904906 1996
3.43642302 1997
3.35888552 1998
3.28405311 1999
3.28757436 2000
3.38012568 2001
3.4770496 2002
3.54188095 2003
3.56253505 2004
3.53614566 2005
3.47956954 2006
3.41270131 2007
3.34162799 2008
3.2720699 2009
3.23875915 2010
3.3016026 2011
3.44630054 2012
3.63596186 2013
3.86107646 2014
4.11468873 2015
4.37205198 2016
4.62779757 2017
4.90538993 2018
5.2182423 2019
5.5589997 2020
5.88256092 2021
6.15561823 2022
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source